Cataract Surgery Pearls and Techniques

This book provides ophthalmic professionals and trainees with practical guidance on how to perform cataract surgery efficiently. From patient satisfaction and risk stratification to safely performing cataract surgery, it addresses specific problems and offers clear solutions. The respective chapters address the health economy, surgical outcomes, staff satisfaction, surgical training, and research. Cataract surgeons seeking to further develop their clinical skills will find this book an indispensable resource in their day-to-day practice. 

Written by respected laser and lens refractive surgeons, this book will provide professionals and trainees with valuable new approaches to cataract surgery and patient management.

There is no shortage of textbooks on cataract surgery. However, ophthalmologists will find Cataract Surgery – Pearls and Techniques provides a very different and fresh perspective on our most common ophthalmic procedure. Professor Christopher Liu is an internationally recognized expert in cataract and anterior segment surgery. Over his long and prolific career, Christopher has distinguished himself as a clinician, researcher, innovator, and teacher. Dr. Liu is the president-elect of the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society, and he has been active in the leadership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and the British Society for Refractive Surgery. Professor Liu has also provided valued mentorship to many clinical fellows, including his co-editor, Dr. Ahmed Shalaby Bardan, a rising star among anterior segment surgeons. Together, these two editors have produced a thoughtful and creative guide to cataract surgery that extends well beyond the transfer of basic and advanced surgical skills.

Cataract Surgery – Pearls and Techniques provides a uniquely holistic approach to the procedure, by exploring topics such as patient safety, surgical timing, anaesthesia options, risk assessment, surgical workflow and efficiency, and carbon footprint and sustainability. This textbook also strives to more deliberately consider the cataract patient’s perspective. How can we best understand and address our patients’ fears and expectations, optimize their comfort, and improve their overall experience? Finally, exploring the best ways to learn cataract surgery impacts on how we can individually improve, as well as how we should be training the next generation of cataract surgeons. The editors have selected an outstanding faculty of international experts to write about each of these subjects. Many of these authors are past fellows and colleagues of Professor Liu. Like symphony conductors, the editors orchestrate these components into a comprehensive and purposeful roadmap for cataract surgeons.

Overall, this insightful textbook captures the essence and the many benefits of doing a surgical fellowship with a leading mentor. Clinical fellows not only learn surgical tips and pearls, but get to observe how the expert counsels and communicates with patients, how they organize their operating room schedule and workflow, and how they make decisions such as when to operate, what refractive IOL to use, and how to assess surgical risk. Cataract Surgery – Pearls and Techniques is a thought provoking and practical resource for both novice and advanced cataract surgeons alike. Most importantly, it will help us to become not only better surgical technicians, but also better physicians.